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D’Marc Cantu – Car Type EP [RUNOR1006]
Michigan’s D’Marc Cantu has long been a revered house and techno craftsmen with a misty analogue sound that has spawned killer EPs and LPs. As well as also being part of 2AM/FM with JTC, the jackbeat proponent now steps out on Tom Dicicco’s Run Out Run label for the first of two upcoming EPs.
Reflec – Momentary Archive [LTBL003]
Imbued with elements of the North’s industrious past, but flecked with hints of Birmingham and Detroit techno, Reflec manages to squeeze every ounce of life out of his machinic workings, presenting them in a progressive and extended form that couples as a club journey in the truest sense.
Ekman – GMDDI [BH015]
Ekman returns to the Berceuse Heroique imprint with another formidable chunk of acid rave sorcery. “GMMDI” brilliantly blends relentless techno rhythms, recorded-in-a-cement-mixer synths and dancing rave melodies into the sort of throbbing techno banger that could have been recorded at any point over the last 30 years. Ekman’s old pals Breaker 1 2 (aka Greg Beato) provide the B-side remix, simmering things down whilst retaining the original’s foreboding chords and thumping beats.
Keita Sano – Keita Sano [DISCO08OCHO]
Discos Capablanca present the definitive Keita Sano collection. After months of listening to demos, label and artist came up with a tight selection of tracks that represent at its best the Keita Sano sound and simultaneously have the potential to slay the bravest dancefloors. With a clear flair for industrial and raw sounds but not forgetting his House influences.
In Aeternam Vale / Ekoplekz – In The Dark Again 2 [DARK002]
Dark and trippy sounds on a label straight from Berlin. In The Dark Again brings out music between Acid, New Wave/ Minimal Wave and psychedelic Techno and Dub. The second release comes with tracks by In Aeternam Vale and Ekoplekz.
Daniel Andreasson – Pressure [BORFT120]
Swede Daniel Andreasson has been tickling our fancy with his particular brand of clandestine techno and world-weary electronica since 2009. Here he makes an appearance on Frak’s long-running Borft label. Pressure ticks a number of boxes. While there’s plenty of loopy, atmospheric techno – see the title track and the winding, woozy, slightly psychedelic “100 Hours” – the EP’s strongest moments are arguably those where he takes a slightly stranger path. Opener “Inside” – a kind of dark ambient piece interspersed with a distant bassline and occasional heavily filtered rhythms – is particularly special, while closer “Nov 41” is a near perfect chunk of slowed-down Detroit futurism.
Marco Bernardi – Mantela [AFS020.01]
The mastermind of dark and demented Electro returns to Abstract Forms, Marco Bernardi delivers four cuts of awesome Purist Electro.
Celldöd – Pulsdisco [SUCTION030]
Celldöd is the solo project of Anders Karlsson, well known in the EBM scene for his involvement in the band The Pain Machinery and as a live member of Severe Illusion. Celldöd strips EBM down to it’s core, eliminating vocals and any superfluous details. Celldöd offers a raw, minimal, and purist vision of EBM; hardware tracks recorded live to tape using just a handful of machines. Celldod’s bare bones dance cuts are dirty and primitive, but manage to steer clear of retro trappings, sounding fresh and contemporary.
Maoupa Mazzocchetti – A-Tranquility [PRECEPT003]
Maoupa Mazzocchetti’s industrial-esque debut for Unknown Precept questions the primary inconstancy of music through five slices of jacking proto-techno experiments; ranging from pile-driving kicks to rumbling bass, Maoupa’s boiling mental activity vibrating and twitching in a very specific manner resulted in the live recording of A-Tranquility, which we could define as an EBM-styled extended-play browsing random directions while exploring muscular deconstructed grooves as well as metallic stodgy rhytms and noisy-atmospheric synth lines.
Vercetti Technicolor – Black September [GDLP001]
Vercetti Technicolor’s ficticious soundtrack to the 1972 Munich Massacre, is a bleak, cold and somber work. Partly inspired by the 1999 Documentary by Kevin Macdonald, Vercetti creates a tense and brooding approach to this, the most darkest of subject matter. This is far from dancefloor material, this is doom-electronics at it’s most frightening. Giallo Disco is proud to present our first LP, Vercetti Technicolor’s Black September, closer to minimal wave than moroder and all the better for it. Remixes come from Mexico’s PLAYTONTO and Creme Organisation signing’s Francesco Clemente.
Nite Fields – Depersonalisation [FLT020LP]
Nite Fields will release their debut album ‘Depersonalisation’ on vinyl, CD and digital through Los Angles label Felte, and in Australia on cassette and digital through Lost Race.
‘Depersonalisation’ was conceived and completed over a four-year period in all three distinct capitals. Recordings were completed almost entirely by the band members in over twenty locations including garages, bedrooms, borrowed studios, stairwells and a restaurant dining room after hours. Lead singer and songwriter Danny Venzin is opinionated, passionate, and uncompromising, whether releasing works on his own label Lost Race or maintaining his diligent focus on a unified (though not narrow-minded) Nite Fields aesthetic, regardless of what music is currently in fashion. His band mates Chris Campion, Liza Harvey and Michael Whitney consist of deeply immersed players in a tight-nit local D.I.Y. scene.
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Neon – Tapes Of Darkness [DISORDINE003]
Neon is not a common name for italian post punk lovers. Born in Florence, the cradle of peninsula’s wave, they were probably the first important post punk gothic band in our country and they are still nowadays one of the most active band in 80’s Italian new wave time, still marking Italian rock history. In 1980, the band got off to an electronic start with the single Information of death, and later, through several line up changes, it achieves to synthetize a mix of obsessive electro sounds, obscure athmospheres and quite original pop melodies which take shapes in later works like Tapes of darkness (1981), Obsession (1982), My blues is you (1983), Dark age (1984); in 1985 Rituals sanctioned Neon as the best Italian new wave band of that year.
Skymark – Waves From The Nucleus [MSLP005]
”Waves From The Nucleus” is a mixture of Spiritual Jazz, Brazilian Fusion, Soul, Disco and Boogie, composed, played and recorded by Skymark with his electric piano and old synths. This album is highly influenced by the golden years 70s-80s and the summer breeze from the marvelous city.
The Sunlight Project – The Klan Revisited [MRSP001]
Musicality’s second release is a remake of the Gil Scott Heron B-side ”The Klan”, featuring Allan Barnes formerly of the Blackbyrds, and Craig Huckaby. The A-side has a wind and keys driven retro-funkiness, aided by Latin percussion. KemeticJust’s remix on the B glues everything together into a slightly faster house-tempo, increasing the propulsion, and likely causing lively dancing to break out. It was mixed by Pirahnahead at United Sound Systems, and mastered by the legendary Herb Powers.
Mr. Mendel – Something Exciting [LIH014]
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Population One – A Theory To Where Size Of The Compact Dimension Goes To Zero [REDUCTIONFIVE]
The deeper depths keep getting hit… The reduction series evolves… Prime minimalism from Terrence Dixon.
Casey Tucker – Affirmative Action [LVNO001]
New label from Brooklyn’s Nathaniel Jay, also known for his Love Revolution label, and his work as half of Soho808. Original music by Casey Tucker, whose recent releases on Boe off-shoot, For Those Who Knoe, Inspired Jay to seek him out. On remix duties, Italy’s underground don, Nick Anothony Simoncino.
Urtzi / Jose Rico – Adventures in Subconsciousness EP [DOWNBEAT009]
Downbeat Black features some heavily cerebral deep house founders Urtzi and Jose Rico. Urtzi impresses with his two contributions, the undulating, pad-heavy bliss of “Memories From Another Life”, and “No Back Memory” – a pensive slither of rich, piano-laden beatdown. Jose Rico opts for a slightly more energetic approach on his two cuts, though both “Small Island” (built around some superb percussion and tumbling chords) and the sun-kissed “Aint” are still lovingly melodious.
